HAPPY NEW YEAR!

संवत्सर नवीनस्त्वं सर्वलोकसुखप्रद: ।

आयाहि स्वागतं तुभ्यं जगत्यां शान्तिमानय ।।

Welcome to you, O New Year, the bringer of happiness to the whole world.  Come and bring peace to the world.

Madhav M. Deshpande

Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies

[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]